The 8th Annual Prowers Partners for Progress Haunted House returns to the classic Norjune Apartments, 210 West Elm Street, to benefit the Lamar Fire Department’s Fourth of July fund. Last year, the group raised $6,000.

The scare will last for four nights, Oct. 24, 25, plus Oct. 30 and 31, starting at 7 p.m.

Get there early and avoid the rush.

Admission is $5, and people who think they are brave can invest $10 for a tour in the Hearse a 30-minute trip around the haunts of Lamar that promises to be very creepy.

The ghouls, lunatics and monsters have spent the week sharpening their skills and look forward to a scary good time with their friends.

Head Ghoul Trevor La Cost asked some of the many “characters” to comment on how excited they are about local victims, well patrons, stopping by for a visit.

“I’ve retired from movies and it’s pretty lucrative to be at this haunted house,” Michael Myers said.

La Cost mentioned two evil spirits in the house that people might have to contend with when they visit.

“One is named Charley, who has been brought about by a young girl who’s worked upstairs at the Norjune for the last four years,” he said.

Strange occurrences are a common phenomenon during the haunted house.

“Some of our props mysteriously become unscrewed,” he said. “One of the items was removed from the room and we don’t know why that happened.”

Music also starts and stops in the house.

“I’ve worked in the basement before by myself and heard lots of things happen upstairs when no one else was in the house,” La Cost said.

Myers said he sees plenty of crazy things at the house.

“I have been terrorizing this haunted house for seven years,” he said. “Leatherface will also be at the haunted house this year.”

The chain saw massacre star is looking forward to scaring everyone at the haunted house, but declined to comment in detail because he’s far too violent.

People will also encounter witches and children who are members of the undead.

“They are in various stages of dead,” La Cost said. “It all depends on how long their soul has been damned to walk through the Norjune.”

One evil child said his story is sad, but true.

“When I was a baby, my father worked in a skyscraper in New York City,” the child said. “I was crawling around on all the desks when I headed towards a window. My father’s friend stopped my body from falling, but it was too late for my soul. My body is still out there, wandering around lifeless from the inside.”

The soul couldn’t continue the interview, because he become sad, and then enraged that he couldn’t his body.

Woody, the insane tattoo artist, has been working on his self-taught skills for months.

“I make adjustments to the human flesh,” he said. “Some people call it a canvas, it call it a nightmare that dispenses fluid. I hope people have strong stomachs, my work is awesome.”

The Quija Queen will tell your future with her board of the occult.

“The board is broken, so you better think before you ask,” she said. “There are two broken boards in my room and they won’t let me escape.”

La Cost said the haunted house will also be visited by the scariest television clown anyone will ever see.

“He never talks, he said. “Our clown causes plenty of damage with his juggling pins and he’s a lot of fun, he he he.”